Floods kill 19, displace 175,000 and threaten millions in South Sudan: UN

Juba: Heavy rains have triggered severe flooding in South Sudan, killing 19 people and affecting nearly 640,000 across 26 counties in six states, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). OCHA said on Friday...

Ugandan children's choir coming to Bishop

Calvary Chapel Bishop’s Pastor Craig Fitzer is a Watoto fan. “Watoto” means “the children” in Swahili, and over the last 10 years, he has hosted live performances of the Watoto Children’s Choir in the U.S. on five occasions in Woodland and...

S. Sudan opposition leader Machar claims immunity in treason trial

South Sudan's opposition leader, Riek Machar, on Friday told the court trying him for crimes against humanity his position as vice-president made him immune from prosecution. Machar is a long-standing rival of President Salva Kiir but served as...

Machar Claims Immunity in South Sudan Treason Trial

South Sudan’s opposition figure, Riek Machar, said in court on Friday that his role as vice-president grants him immunity from prosecution for crimes against humanity. As a longtime opponent of President Salva Kiir, Machar had been serving as his...

Floods kill 19, affect nearly 640,000 in South Sudan: UN

JUBA, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Widespread flooding caused by heavy rains in South Sudan has killed 19 people and affected an estimated 639,225 others across 26 counties in six states, a United Nations (UN) humanitarian agency said on Friday. The UN...

Death of a rainmaker: When drought means murder in South Sudan

Torit, South Sudan – Solomon Oture was on the run. As a rainmaker, his job was to summon rain – the lifeblood of his small farming community – through prayer and ritual. But after consecutive years of drought, Oture’s relationship with his native...

Opinion: The role of local communities in anti-poaching efforts in South Sudan

Local communities play a multifaceted and critical role in anti-poaching efforts, particularly in regions such as South Sudan, where conservation is often hindered by insecurity, limited state capacity, and human-wildlife conflict. The...

“The Church is with you”: South Sudanese Catholic Bishop Expresses Solidarity with Victims of Violence in Episcopal See

SSPDF reportedly repelled the attack and retained control of the barracks after heavy gunfire that made civilians flee to the bushes for safety. In his letter following the attack, Bishop Hiiboro says, “News has reached me of our faithful who are...

South Sudan corruption ‘not incidental’ UN warns

CORRUPTION and the diversion of oil revenues are holding back South Sudan’s social and economic development, the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan has said. “Corruption is not incidental, it is the engine of South Sudan’s decline,” the...

AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN - Violent clashes in Nagero County: injured, displaced, and missing. Homes, health centers, schools, and various infrastructures destroyed

Thursday, 2 October 2025 HK Tombura-Yambio (Agenzia Fides) – "To all those engaged in fighting, I raise my voice as a shepherd: Cease hostilities! Respect human life! Protect civilians!" said the Bishop of Tombura-Yambio, Barani Eduardo Hiiboro...

Severe flooding, aid cuts deepen hunger crisis in South Sudan: charity

JUBA, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Widespread flooding for the sixth consecutive year in South Sudan, combined with aid cuts, is aggravating the country's hunger crisis, international charity Save the Children said on Thursday. Christopher Nyamandi, country...

South Sudan Youth Increasingly Caught in Gang Culture, Street Violence

Outrage swept through South Sudan when video of a gang-rape began circulating on social media in June. The victim, a 16-year-old girl, was a member of a gang in the capital, Juba. The perpetrators were members of a rival gang exacting revenge. Few...

Is the trial of South Sudan's First Vice President a political power play or a quest for justice?

Orapeleng Matshediso|Published 42 minutes ago 7min Since March 2025, Riek Machar, the First Vice President of South Sudan, along with seven others, has been under house arrest for nearly six months. Subsequently, they faced charges of treason,...

Opinion | Dropping Machar charges is in the best interest of South Sudan

The treason charges against First Vice-President Dr. Riek Machar are bound to fundamentally change South Sudan’s political landscape and social cohesion. Dr. Machar has long been at the center of controversial legal, political, and...

Opinion | South Sudan needs real reform, not presidential decrees, to progress

For more than a decade, the South Sudan leaders have governed through decrees, verbal instructions, and recycled elites—leaving ministries without direction and citizens without hope. True change will only come when the system is reformed, not...

South Sudanese political commentator arrested in Dubai

Oyay's wife was told her husband would be held for interrogation for "five days" [Getty] A South Sudanese political commentator was arrested earlier this week by authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where he resides, for reasons that...

UNFPA sounds alarm on climate and GBV crisis in South Sudan

Moses Magadza A senior United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) official has presented findings from a recent vulnerability assessment showing that climate change is magnifying existing humanitarian, health and gender challenges in South Sudan....

Japan, UNMAS launch $2.2M project to accelerate mine clearance in South Sudan

Author: Wol Mapal | Published: 7 hours ago Government representatives, UNMAS, and JICA officials pose at the launch of a new $2.2 million grant aid project aimed at combating landmine contamination in South Sudan. (Wednesday, October 1, 2025....

Indian peacekeepers honoured for dedicated service by UNISFA

The Indian peacekeepers in Abyei were honoured for their dedicated service by the Acting Head of Mission of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), a contested, oil-rich border region between Sudan and South Sudan. Sharing...

South Sudan’s Uncertain Road Ahead: Will Peace Hold or Collapse?

South Sudan’s fragile peace and precarious stability are under renewed threat after the government formally charged its First Vice President, Riek Machar, with treason, murder, and crimes against humanity. Linked to a March assault by the White...